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We are seeing the biggest exodus of wealth and talent from this country since the 1970s, and it is bad news for all of us. Revenues from taxes such as capital gains are down by 10 per cent on the year.

Donald Trump may not have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize yet, but American voters - even Democrats - are giving him high marks for his work trying to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Backblaze has been tracking hard disk drive failures in its datacenter since 2013. The backup and cloud storage company's latest analysis of approximately 317,230 drives shows that peak failure rates have dropped dramatically and shifted much later in a drive's lifespan. Where the company once saw failure rates of 13.73% at around three years in 2013 and 14.24% at seven years and nine months in 2021, the current data shows a peak of just 4.25% at 10 years and three months. This represents the first time the company has observed the highest failure rate occurring at the far end of the drive curve rather than earlier in its operational life, it said. The drives maintained relatively consistent failure rates through most of their use before spiking sharply near the end. The improvement amounts to roughly one-third of the previous peak failure rates.

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During one of the mazes you're even blindfolded surrounded by scare actors

Village life carries huge appeal for those who dream of the gentle rhythm of a close-knit community, a tidy front garden, and the feeling that the bustle of the wider world is somewhere else.

'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendees

Recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned investors to avoid the "false prophets" of AI. Now, the Pope has brought real theological weight to the bot debate, hosting a Vatican seminar that called for global AI regulation and fair distribution of the technology's benefits.…

Marianne Smyth, 56, stole the six-figure sum from clients after befriending them while working as a mortgage adviser between 2008 and 2010.

It was also revealed that the teenager had sent the teacher an explicit image of himself as well as a message containing pornography.

Top-level discussions are this afternoon under way at Buckingham Palace after the latest embarrassing scandals involving the Duke of York, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.

Graham Potter is believed to be close to being appointed as Sweden's head coach less than one month after the former West Ham manager was sacked in east London, according to reports. 

Not a good week for Big Red

Envoy Air, an American Airlines subsidiary, has confirmed that it was among the dozens of organizations compromised via Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) security flaws, following claims by Clop extortionists that its parent company was one of its victims.…

Cafe owner Nina Stevenson, who runs Cookie Corner in New Milton, Hampshire, has been told to remove a Union Flag mural painted onto the outside wall of her business.

The landmark five-year deal, revealed on Friday morning at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, will see Apple pay significantly more than ESPN's previous $90m-a-year contract.

An elderly woman's x-ray revealed the bizarre treatment she received decades earlier to treat the world's deadliest disease, which is on the rise in the US and kills over 1million people worldwide.

Instant coffee beat drip coffee in blind taste tests conducted by researchers at the Drexel Food Lab. Jonathan Deutsch and Rachel Sherman tested 84 participants across two rounds of tastings for The Guardian's Filter US newsletter. They first narrowed 24 instant coffee varieties to the best options. Those finalists then competed against drip coffees in a second test. 77% of participants preferred instant coffee over drip. The top-performing instant coffee was not from premium third-wave brands but a common grocery store variety. Deutsch compared the result to iconic products like Heinz ketchup and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Upscale interpretations of certain classic items often fail to surpass the originals, he said.

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The Duchess of Sussex posted a reel om Instagram charting her PR blitz in New York and Washington DC that repeatedly showed a black and blue bag with a giant 'DS' on it.

A strong 5.0 earthquake has hit Alaska, as thousands are evacuated in the state's largest airlift mission.

The migrant - who came to Britain on a small boat - was awarded the payout after an immigration judge ruled that officials were wrong to conclude he was over 18.

Sharon shared how Patricia Robertson, 77, subjected pupils as young as six to a torrent of emotional and physical abuse at the all-girls' residential school in Kilry, Angus, between 1969 and 1984

The 47-year-old former dancer has made explosive claims in the book which is set to hit shelves later this month on October 21 - two years after the pop star's own memoir was released.